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Names of Families in Columbia County Wills and Estates\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCoffee County was created in 1854 from Creek lands and was formed primarily from the region of Telfair County south of the Ocmulgee River, with smaller portions added from Irwin, Clinch, and Ware counties. The county was named for the former soldier, state legislator, and congressman General John E. Coffee (1782-1836). Some of the earliest settlers were: Wiley Byrd, Joseph Bailey, William Dent, Joseph Durham, John Gasper, Leon Hargraves, James Isaac, Mark Lott, Elijah Paulk, Alfred Peterson, Matthew Summerlin, Arthur Turner, and J. W. Wilcox.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBefore the arrival of General James Edward Oglethorpe, Augusta was a place where Native Americans crossed the Savannah River. Oglethorpe located his new settlement in Savannah, however, three years later he sent a detachment of troops on a journey up the Savannah River to construct a landing at the head of the navigable part of the river. Noble Jones, who was an early arrival in the colony, was sent to establish a settlement that would provide the first line of defense against the Spanish and French. The town was named Augusta in honor of Princess Augusta, wife of Frederick, Prince of Wales. Jones selected the flat slopes east of the sandhills (later Summerville) upon which to build. Augusta was the backbone of trade with the friendly Indians in the region and the trade routes expanded into (then)Edgefield South Carolina and up into Charleston. The tribes were Chickasaw and Creek, however, the Savano (Shawnee) mostly traded in this region. By 1739 a road was built to connect Augusta to Savannah and in 1750, St. Paul’s Church was built near Fort Augusta. In 1739, construction began on a road to connect Augusta to Savannah. This made it possible for people to reach Augusta by horse rather than by boat, and more people began to migrate inland to Augusta. All of the activity with the Indians and new settlements ultimately resulted in settlements further south, with the Benjamin Hawkins establishing a Creek Agency in Crawford County near Macon.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t